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Written by: Matthew Sabatine The following article/post represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. What is personality and what is it composed of? Plenty of psychologists have proffered different definitions throughout the decades: "That which permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situation." -Raymond B.... Continue Reading →

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The following article/post represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. We have beliefs and notions about ourselves as well as others. Schemas are the categories under which we cognitively organize such knowledge. We have self-schemas [1]. Self-schemas are molded and shaped by past experiences, social... Continue Reading →

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The following article/post represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. How is knowledge obtained, managed and sorted out? What does it mean when I say that comprehension is what we know about the world? Schema theory tells us that knowledge is a web of interconnected... Continue Reading →

Written by: Matthew Sabatine It won't kill them to carry these logs. Will it? The following post/article represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. In his 2007 track titled “Stronger” Kayne West sang the words “N-now th-that that don't kill me Can only make me stronger.” Maybe he was... Continue Reading →

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The following post/article represents only the views of the author and not everyone at Common Issues. Introduction: Ari Aster’s 2019 movie Midsommar tells an ingenious tale of how a religion or cult takes advantage of a person’s state of vulnerability. It appears charming and harmless while luring you in, but once... Continue Reading →

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The following article/post represents only the author's views and not everyone at Common Issues. The idea that species undergo change is an idea dating back to the ancient world. It can be seen in the writings of Empedocles (495–35 BCE), the Greek Atomists, and the pre-Socratic natural philosophers. [1] Arguably, we... Continue Reading →

Written by: Matthew Sabatine This post/article represents the views of only the author and not everyone at Common Issues. My parents forbade my participation in door-to-door candy-collecting when I was a child living under their roof every Halloween. We were conservative Christians and I was sent to a private school where we frowned upon public... Continue Reading →

Written by: Matthew Sabatine The following essay/post represents the views of only the author and not everyone at Common Issues. A few nights ago, I picked up National Geographic’s issue on Science of The Supernatural, wherein it discusses healing and miracles. Shamans are leaders of hunter-gatherer societies, and are venerated because of people's belief in... Continue Reading →

Written by Matthew Sabatine The following post/essay represents the views of only the author and not everyone at Common Issues. Parental investment theory is something you can relate to if you are a parent; you sacrifice a lot of time, energy, materials, money, etc. to take care of your children when you could have expended... Continue Reading →